Joe Robertson

My time is short, so let me finish by addressing the critics head-on: those who say that we do not understand—that we do not understand mental health, and that I do not understand what it is like to live with a neurodevelopmental disorder. Well, I do know what it is like. I have an ADHD diagnosis, but I have never been told that I cannot do something, and I have never been told that I need more help to do it. My condition was undiagnosed for 30 years. People with ADHD do not need a disabled persons railcard, they do not need a Motability car, and most of them do not need a cash payment every month to meet the cost of a disability for ADHD alone. The Government need to stop thinking of new ways to give more people more things. Instead, we need to ensure that people have access to therapeutic community support to help them to live, learn, train, work, and get on in life. That is good for the economy, it is good for society and, most of all, it is good for the individuals involved. That is not the Labour way; it is the Conservative way.